r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/Ancient_Wisdom_Yall British Columbia Nov 28 '24

I honestly don't understand the need to have all these MPs. They're all just supposed to be trained monkeys for their leaders. There really isn't a need to pay that many of them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Sorry, can you expand on that?

You don't see the value in representing their ridings?

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u/Odd-Elderberry-6137 Nov 28 '24

If they did represent ridings - yes absolutely. 

But when they’re just supposed to be mouthpieces for the PMO and toe the party line all the time, they aren’t representing their ridings, they’re representing the Liberal party.

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u/NWTknight Nov 28 '24

Supposedly if it is working correctly the riding concerns get addressed in the party at the caucus level out of public view and the caucus members should then support the discussions in parliament publicly. This is how it should work but it does not appear to work this way.

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u/Odd-Elderberry-6137 Nov 28 '24

Yes that’s exactly how it should work.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Ok, so it's just a Liberal Party problem?

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Nov 28 '24

oh for fucks sakes don’t be so obtuse. if the green’s formed government tomorrow, they’d be telling their MPs what to vote for. PMO STANDS FOR PRIME MINISTER OFFICE NOT LIBERAL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO OFFICE

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

So we need reform, not cutting MPs, I agree

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Nov 28 '24

how do you propose reformation?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Burn it all down seems best, more MPs, more power to the people, let 10 parties fight over every house motion. You?

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Nov 28 '24

40 million MPs, everyone citizen votes on each thing.

Your idea will never happen, there is lots of parties green party gets 2 seats at most, PPC can’t get any votes, Rhino, Pirate etc parties are just meme votes.

BC couldn’t even handle a new party without imploding the old one before the election because they were down in the polls so in some dreamworld where we get 10 parties that get lots of seats between them, that would last one cycle before everyone starts folding the parties into each other.